USDA Confirms More Cases of Flesh-Eating New World Screwworm in Texas

The two new cases involve a calf and a dog that is believed to have been in Mexico.

An adult New World screwworm fly sits in this undated photo. Denise Bonilla/U.S. Department of Agriculture via AP

The U.S. Department ​of Agriculture (USDA) on Monday ‌confirmed two more cases of the New World screwworm parasitic infection in Texas, including one in Andrews County and the other in La Salle County.

In one of the cases, according to a news release issued by the USDA, a veterinarian in Andrews County submitted samples from an infected dog, noting that “early reports indicate the dog was recently in Mexico.”